The Bloody Battle for Bakhmut: Russia's Scorched Earth Tactics.
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Leaked Pentagon documents reveal that Ukraine's military intelligence chief ordered an elite unit to stabilize the situation in Bakhmut, a war-torn city in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as Russian forces were closing in. The battle for Bakhmut has been the bloodiest of the 13-month-long war, and has seen both sides commit scores of troops, heavy armor, and advanced military equipment to the fight. The leaked US intelligence on Bakhmut, which offers insight into high-level Ukrainian decision-making, is only a slice of what the documents contain about Kyiv's military.
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